I always knew that Ernie was the stabilizing force for Bert. He was the social one, the happy one, the one who always went, "Tee hee hee hee" while playing with rubber duckies. Just watch this video of Bert gone
Travis Bickle, and you'll see why he never should've stopped being Ernie's roommate.
You know you've thought about it before. What's up, you wondered, with those permanent bachelors Bert and Ernie? The Broadway musical Avenue Q, inspired by Sesame Street characters all grown up with adult troubles, has an awesome song Nicky (the Ernie-ish character) sings to Rod (the Burt character).
When there's rhyme in the streets, it's time for RSI: Rhyme Scene Investigation. These folks need to head over to the nearest spoken word event, if you asked me. (I love the David Caruso Muppet, y'all, and he's just as smug as the original!)
This particular episode of
Sesame Street was brought to us by the letter "F." In keeping with the theme of the program, the Cookie Monster was to use a word beginning with the letter "F" to describe the fabulously fantastic cookie in his hand. One of
Jimmy Kimmel's censors, however, didn't approve of the Cookie Monster's word choice and gave him the *bleep*.
I've been known to be a cynic. (Pause for laughter and all the "no sh*t, Sherlock!" comments to die down.) But they say that a cynic is really just a softie at heart, and that must be true, because this video is killing me.
